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Garry's Mod vs Smack Studio

Reviews on Steam

Garry's Mod

1707.3× more reviews

Critical reception

Garry's Mod

12.2pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Garry's Mod

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Garry's Mod

2390.3× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Smack Studio

18 years apart

A

Garry's Mod

2006 · Casual

Facepunch Studios · Valve

Reviews
1,070,495
Positive
97%
Launch price
$9.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
74.9M
Net rev
$427.6M
B

Smack Studio

2024 · Action

ThirdPixel Interactive · ThirdPixel Interactive

Reviews
627
Positive
85%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
31K
Net rev
$0.3M

Tag overlap

30% shared , 6 shared tags, 14 only on Garry's Mod, 14 only on Smack Studio.

Only Garry's Mod

ModdablePhysicsBuildingFunnyFirst-PersonSingleplayerFPSSimulationComedyOnline Co-OpShooterActionRealisticExploration

Shared

SandboxMultiplayerCasualCo-opIndiePvP

Only Smack Studio

Character CustomizationLocal Multiplayer2D FighterDesign & IllustrationPixel GraphicsFighting2.5DLevel EditorSoftwareAutomationGame DevelopmentCombatEarly Access2D Platformer

Sales estimates

Both estimates use the same vv1.0 multi-factor Boxleiter method. Click "How is this calculated?" on either to see the per-factor breakdown.

Sales estimate

vv1.0

45.0M to 104.9M

units (median: 74.9M)

≈ $256.6M to $598.6M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

45.0Mmedian104.9M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

19K to 44K

units (median: 31K)

≈ $161K to $376K net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

19Kmedian44K

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